A People's History of the United States
1492 - Present

Zinn, Howard

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Year First Published: {23456 A People's History of the United States PEOPLES HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 1492 - Present Zinn, Howard ttp://libcom.org/a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states-howard-zinn/1-columbus-the-indians-and-human-progres Harper Collins USA Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers. 1995 2003 752pp $27 BC23456s-PeoplesHistoryUSA.jpg B Book 0060528370 E178.Z75 2003 973.92--dc21 A detailed historical review of United States history from 1492 to 2002. Zinn sets out to tell America's story from the point of view of America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor and immigrant labourers. Whereas most history reflects the perspective of the powerful, Zinn looks at history from the other side and challenges the norm that 'winners always write the history books'. Zinn outlines American history from a different perspective, and challenges mainstream history by consulting alternate sources. The book contains contemporary accounts ranging from a reporter who lived during the socialist movement of the early 1910s, to the writings of a Yale emeritus professor on the brutality of Columbus towards the natives. Topics covered include the 'discovery' of America, the slave trade, the American Revolution, the Bill of Rights, the war in Mexico, the Civil War, the US role in the two World Wars. In the second half of the book, Zinn concentrates on the Cold War period, the civil rights movement, and chronicles the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. Other topics and well-known names in American history include the struggles of the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, FDR, Nixon and many more. The book concludes with the devastating effects of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan. [Abstract by Vei Chong] Table of Contents 1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress 2. Drawing the Colour Line 3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition 4. Tyranny is Tyranny 5. A Kind of Revolution 6. The Intimately Oppressed 7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs 8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God 9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom 10. The Other Civil War 11. Robber Barons and Rebels 12. The Empire and the People 13. The Socialist Challenge 14. War is the Health of the State 15. Self-help in Hard Times 16. A People's War? 17. "Or Does it Explode?" 18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam 19. Surprises 20. The Seventies under Control? 21. Carter - Reagan - Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus 22. The Unreported Resistance 23. The Coming Revolt of the Guards 24. The Clinton Presidency 25. The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism" Afterword Bibliography Index CX8894 1 true true false CX8894.htm [0xc000164e40 0xc0012eb7a0 0xc00148b890 0xc00149f9b0 0xc0014b5d10 0xc0016080c0 0xc0022ca750 0xc000bdb7d0 0xc0001ff530 0xc0002f2360 0xc000e4f1a0 0xc00032f8f0 0xc0003e8de0 0xc00043c540 0xc000491920 0xc000583470 0xc0002fd710 0xc00035c240 0xc000384d20 0xc000458600 0xc000695800 0xc000b9f650 0xc000dc8bd0 0xc000df3aa0 0xc00089a7e0 0xc000b9bb30 0xc000e57b00 0xc000ebe540 0xc000bf0c30 0xc000eb4e40 0xc0013c07b0 0xc000f4fbf0 0xc0013dfe00 0xc001c3acf0 0xc001caa2d0 0xc0001cf200 0xc0005f9770 0xc00062c4b0 0xc000a2a750 0xc000da1bc0 0xc00158e5d0 0xc0020e1320 0xc002151800 0xc0021ef320 0xc002230b70 0xc0022b3230 0xc002348150 0xc00238bad0 0xc0026c69c0 0xc0027713b0 0xc0027acb70 0xc0029f5830 0xc002b1a450 0xc002bcea80] Cx}
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 752pp Price: $27 ISBN: 0060528370
Library of Congress Number: E178.Z75 2003 Dewey: 973.92--dc21
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX8894

Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers.

Abstract:
A detailed historical review of United States history from 1492 to 2002. Zinn sets out to tell America's story from the point of view of America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor and immigrant labourers. Whereas most history reflects the perspective of the powerful, Zinn looks at history from the other side and challenges the norm that 'winners always write the history books'.

Zinn outlines American history from a different perspective, and challenges mainstream history by consulting alternate sources. The book contains contemporary accounts ranging from a reporter who lived during the socialist movement of the early 1910s, to the writings of a Yale emeritus professor on the brutality of Columbus towards the natives.

Topics covered include the 'discovery' of America, the slave trade, the American Revolution, the Bill of Rights, the war in Mexico, the Civil War, the US role in the two World Wars. In the second half of the book, Zinn concentrates on the Cold War period, the civil rights movement, and chronicles the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations.

Other topics and well-known names in American history include the struggles of the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, FDR, Nixon and many more. The book concludes with the devastating effects of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.

[Abstract by Vei Chong]

Table of Contents

1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress
2. Drawing the Colour Line
3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition
4. Tyranny is Tyranny
5. A Kind of Revolution
6. The Intimately Oppressed
7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs
8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God
9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
10. The Other Civil War
11. Robber Barons and Rebels
12. The Empire and the People
13. The Socialist Challenge
14. War is the Health of the State
15. Self-help in Hard Times
16. A People's War?
17. "Or Does it Explode?"
18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam
19. Surprises
20. The Seventies under Control?
21. Carter - Reagan - Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus
22. The Unreported Resistance
23. The Coming Revolt of the Guards
24. The Clinton Presidency
25. The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism"
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

A People's History of the United States1492 - Present

Subject Headings

A People's History of the United States
1492 - Present